Nourison taps Elliot Steel as Hospitality design director

[Saddle Brook, N.J.] Elliot Steel has joined Nourison as design director of the company’s Hospitality Division. He will report to Jonny Peykar, vice president of Hospitality at Nourison.

Steel is based in Nourison’s state-of-the-art offices, warehouse and design facilities in Calhoun, Ga. He will be responsible for developing the division’s overall design and product strategy. He will work closely with Linda Jacobs, Nourison’s head designer, as well as the rest of the design team, to create innovative broadloom products for a wide range of commercial market segments.

“We are very pleased to have someone with Elliot’s creativity, talent and experience on our team,” said Jonny Peykar. “His global credentials and understanding of the commercial broadloom industry, architects and designers will be very helpful in guiding this rapidly-expanding division of Nourison.”

Steel is a 25-year veteran of the carpet industry. Most recently, he worked as global design manager at Tai Ping Carpets International. Prior to that, he held senior design positions at Brintons UK, Ltd., Forte Cloth Ltd., Interface Europe Ltd., and Stoddard Carpets, Ltd. He has a BA in Printed and Woven Textiles from the Winchester School of Art.